Antislipping device.



w. SGAGE. ANTISLIPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1914.

1,1 1 3,581. I Patented Oct. 13,1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13,- 1914.

Application filed January 8, 1914. Serial No. 811,063.

To allwlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SqAoE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshlre and State of Massachusetts, have invented cer-' tain new and useful Improvements in Anti slipping Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to antishpping de vices and more particularly to detachable antislipping sandals. Y

, Thebbject of my invention is to provide a practical antislipping device, simple in con-t struction, readily adjustable to the shoe of the wearer, durable, and effective in operation in walking on snow, ice, mud, leaves,

'etc. The use of my device does not produce soreness of the calves of the legs of the wearer as does many other antislipping devices.

this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the detailed description and drawings forming a part of this specification; 4

Furthermore, this invention consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more particularly described in the following description and embodied in the claim appended hereunto and forming a part of this specification.

Referring now to the drawings which form a part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device in operative position on a shoe, while Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same laid fiat.

Referring further to the drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the respective views, 1 designates chains running lengthwise'of a shoe, connected along their length by cross-chains 2, said chains 1 being secured at their rearward end to a ring 3 situated at a certain point on the tread of the heel of a shoe. There are also secured to said ring and extending rearwardly therefrom, a plurality of chains 4 which are preferably made long enough to extend up over'the edge of the heel, their ends being fastened in spaced apart relation along the length of a chain 5 designed to run around the outer circumfercopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressinz the Washington, D. 0.

Other objects of this invention, not at ence of the heel of a shoe. To each end of chain 5 is secured a strap 6 or other fastening means adapted to pass over the top portion of a shoe preferably at a point just above the instep. Two pieces of leather '7 est cut to a form suited to fit across the vamp and toe cap of a shoe are secured, pref- Having now described and pointed out the new and useful features of my invention, I do not limit myself to the shape of certain parts where the shape is not essentiah'nor do I restrict myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but mean and intend to claim all equivalents and, variai tions thereof not departing in principle from my invention and falling Within the purview,

of the appended claim. v

l/Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the kind described comprising a chain armor, said chain armor consisting substantially of a plurality of transverse chains including an intermediate chain, said transverse chains decreasing in length in a ratio of their distance from said intermediate chain, a ring, a plurality of longitudinal chains secured convergingly upon said ring and to the said transverse chains, said transverse chains being formed with rings at their ends and wherever connected to said longitudinal chains, a plurality of chains secured radially upon said first-mentioned ring, a chain secured to the free ends of said radial chains and concentric to said ring, securing elements carried by said last-mentioned chain. at its opposite ends, and securing elements carried by the outer of said longitudinal chains.-

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM SOACE.

Witnesses:

J. ARTHUR BAKER, M. ELIZABETH OBRIEN "Gommissioner of Patents.' 

